Torchwood is a British science fiction TV series created by Russell T Davies. The show premiered on BBC Three in 2006 and ran for four seasons. The story follows a team of investigators from the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization tasked with defending the Earth against alien threats.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a TV show that aired from 1996 to 2003, which centers around the life of a teenage girl named Sabrina, who discovers that she is a witch on her sixteenth birthday. Sabrina lives with her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda, who also happen to be witches, and a talking cat named Salem, who is also a former witch. The show follows Sabrina as she learns to use her magic powers and navigates through the challenges of being a teenager.

It takes two to tango, likewise two topnotch police officers to take on supernatural cases. Meet the sleuthing duo of Warehouse 13 TV Show. U.S. Secret Service agents, Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) and Peter Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) get an odd promotion after saving the life of the president. They get assigned to Warehouse 13"”a state-run, well-hidden facility that keeps alien souvenirs, mythical relics and all sorts of hard-to-explain artifacts. Warehouse 13 TV Show features their caseworks together. Although this sci-fi series portrays the lives of American special agents, it has been entirely shot in Toronto, Quebec, Montreal and other parts of Canada.

Reasonably well adapted from big screen to small, "Highlander" showed the continuing exploits of Duncan MacLeod, super-annuated Highland warrior challenged to fight evil in the modern world. Unlike modern crime fighters who rely on DNA and cyber-tracking, MacLeod battled malefactors the old-fashioned way"”with valor, virtue, courage, and a healthy dose of vengeance. Every "Highlander" episode began with the same ritual narrative: "I am Duncan MacLeod, born four-hundred years ago in the Highlands of Scotland. I am Immortal, and I am not alone." In the first six episodes, Duncan himself delivered the preamble. MacLeod and his girlfriend, Tessa Noel, cleverly and comfortably have adapted to modern life, and they hide effortlesly in plain sight, operating an upscale antique store. From the very first iteration of the preamble, viewers understand MacLeod is by no means the only Immortal roaming the streets and subways, and not all of them are nearly so noble as MacLeod. Although he had hung-up his mace, MacLeod now has chosen to rejoin "The Game" for the sake of defending everything he cherishes as good and right. For many contemporary viewers, MacLeod represents the ever-living proof of the old adage, "Old guys rule."

Merlin is about a teenage magician who learns his trade from Magister Gaius. It is his discovery of his abilities that the show centers around and viewers find the idea intriguing to see how he learns how to concentrate his new powers for the sake of good. Plenty of humor along the way keeps this program from becoming a documentary and the likeable characters make for fun television. Special effects are in play to make Merlin's talents appear even more fascinating. Merlin becomes a squire to noble Arthur, the crown prince and has more opportunities to put his magic to work. King Uther Pendragon hates magic and has subsequently outlawed it from his kingdom, but his son Arthur is the one Merlin must worry about and keep his magical capabilities a secret or fear execution. An imprisoned dragon tells Merlin he has a destiny to fulfill and that means staying alive at any cost. Talented young Colin Morgan plays Merlin and Bradley James as Prince Arthur head up an extremely talented cast in the magical world of Camelot.

Another successful crossover from British television to North American is found in Being Human. The premise of the show involves showing how different yet similar we all are and how a vampire and a werewolf can live with a ghost and all get along. Any time a combination like this one comes to the TV you can imagine how scary dark and brooding it may be but there is a lot of humor in this show as well, making it well worth watching. Aidan (Sam Witwer) is a vampire who works as a nurse in a hospital in Boston. He began his career as a prince of darkness during the Revolutionary War back in the 1860's and with a job in a hospital they might want to watch out for the blood supplies. Josh (played by Sam Huntington) happens to be a werewolf working in the same hospital as an orderly as his day job. Sally (Meaghan Rath) became a ghost after her unfortunate death and now haunts the house she had planned to live in when she got married. Now Aidan and Josh rent the house and find it to be haunted by Sally.